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Edit the script
Recording and playing back a script provides a lot of value, but as users advance in their application of Rational Robot, they often want to do more with scripting than they can with just recording. The SQABasic language provides a rich set of capabilities for adding decision logic, looping, and even interfacing with external tools. One example might be using COM programming to enable your Rational Robot script to open an Excel spreadsheet and read input values and expected values from a table. There is really no limit to what you can do with a little programming ability.
The SQABasic language scripts can be edited through the editor interface. Several menu items provide methods to insert items into the script. You can also simply type commands into the editor window.
Let's say you have just been notified that a new build of your application has been completed. Now that you have a functional test you developed against Build A, you want to run that script against Build B as a regression test -- you want to confirm that the application still does in Build B what it did in Build A.
The Build B application was installed when you set up your sample applications. To invoke it, edit the StartApplication command in your OrderItem script.
Locate the line in your script that begins with StartApplication. It should be approximately on line 6. Scroll to the far right end of that line. Replace ClassicsA.exe with ClassicsB.exe.
Click the Compile button 
on the Rational Robot toolbar to verify that no syntax errors were made while making that change.
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